ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,220,911, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to Seiko Epson Corp. (Tokyo).

"Printing apparatus producing method using adjustment pattern, adjusting apparatus, and adjusting program" was invented by Yoichiro Maki (Nagano, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A printing apparatus producing method includes causing a printing apparatus before adjustment to print a multiple circle pattern and an adjustment pattern in predetermined relative positions on a medium, scanning the printed medium and generating a scan image, detecting the adjustment pattern based on a detection position of the multiple circle pattern detected from the scan image and the...